Remove down_write(&mm->mmap_sem) in do_set_mempolicy(). This logic was never correct and it is no longer needed, see the previous patch.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> --- mm/mempolicy.c | 15 +-------------- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c index 4378c33..9695a9a 100644 --- a/mm/mempolicy.c +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c @@ -802,7 +802,6 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags, nodemask_t *nodes) { struct mempolicy *new, *old; - struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; NODEMASK_SCRATCH(scratch); int ret; @@ -814,20 +813,11 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags, ret = PTR_ERR(new); goto out; } - /* - * prevent changing our mempolicy while show_numa_maps() - * is using it. - * Note: do_set_mempolicy() can be called at init time - * with no 'mm'. - */ - if (mm) - down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + task_lock(current); ret = mpol_set_nodemask(new, nodes, scratch); if (ret) { task_unlock(current); - if (mm) - up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); mpol_put(new); goto out; } @@ -837,9 +827,6 @@ static long do_set_mempolicy(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags, nodes_weight(new->v.nodes)) current->il_next = first_node(new->v.nodes); task_unlock(current); - if (mm) - up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - mpol_put(old); ret = 0; out: -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
